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Landscape Ecology Landscape ecology in Spain Alberto Gmez Rodrguez Spain Spain is located both in southern Western Europe and in northern Africa. It has an extension of 505 370 km. Its population is 47 100 000 inhabitants,


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Landscape Ecology

Landscape ecology in Spain

Alberto Gómez Rodríguez

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Spain

  • Spain is located both in southern

Western Europe and in northern Africa.

  • It has an extension of 505 370 km².
  • Its population is 47 100 000 inhabitants,

most of then living near the coast.

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Relief

  • Most of the surface is occupied

by the central plateau, which is surrounded by mountains.

  • The most important rivers are

the Ebro, Guadalquivir and Tajo.

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Edaphology

  • Silicious predominance in the west

(granite)

  • Limestone predominance in the

center (sedimentary rocks)

  • Clay predominance in the east

(sediment accumulation)

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Clima

There are 5 types of clima:

  • Oceanic in the north-west, with

high precipitation and low temperaturas.

  • Mountain climate in some

mountain áreas.

  • Continental mediterranean in the

inland, with low precipitation and highly variable temperatures.

  • Mediterranean in the coast áreas
  • f the south and the east, with

low precipitation but non high variations of temperature.

  • Subtropical in Canary Islands.

Precipitation map Temperature map

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Nature protection

  • Spain is one of the

European countries with the highest number of protected areas.

  • It is also the country wich

has more endemic plants and animals.

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Issues of the area

  • Atmospheric pollution
  • Water quality and quantity
  • Erosion and desetification
  • Urban and industrial waste
  • Fires
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Atmospheric pollution

  • Especially in cities
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Water quality and quantity

  • The population and the

industry generate water or water pollution due to discharges, which quickly spread by the water.

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Erosion and desetification

  • In this European country, there is a large area of vegetation that is being lost

due to factors such as deforestation to get agricultural land and pastures, road construction and infrastructure, overgrazing, logging for wood or forest fires.

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Urban and industrial waste

  • Industrial and human activities generate large amounts of residues or wastes

that are not assimilated within natural cycles or are assimilated at a lower rate than their deposition.

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Fires

  • Really important issue in the north.
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Potential solutions

  • Use of renewable energy
  • Recycling
  • More respectful agricultura
  • Treatment of the industrial

discharges

  • Citizen awareness
  • Reduce deforestation
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Bibliography

  • https://educacion.uncomo.com/articulo/principales-rios-de-espana-con-mapa-

42841.html

  • https://www.bbva.com/es/es/bbva-research-estima-que-castilla-la-mancha-

creara-unos-44-000-nuevos-empleos-hasta-finales-de-2020/

  • https://www.starsinsider.com/es/estilo-de-vida/344017/en-armonia-con-el-

medio-ambiente-eso-es-vivir

  • https://blogs.upn.edu.pe/ingenieria/2015/11/10/ingenieria-ambiental-

soluciones-a-problemas-ambientales/

  • https://www.ecologiaverde.com/principales-problemas-medioambientales-en-

espana-1519.html